Kolkata, Aug 27: The All-India Dalit Muslim Suraksha Mahasangh said on Tuesday that it had fielded seven candidates for the ensuing Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and decided to support Congress aspirants for the other seats.


The Mahasangh General Secretary Karim Khan Chowdhury said the party's national working committee met here to decide that it would contest seven seats and support Congress aspirants against the National Conference, BJP and its allies during the elections in the state. The Mahasangh's candidates were Bhagirath Shah, Moulana Md Ayub Khan, Yousuf Khan Sapool, Meenakshi Devi and Amirul Qadir from the Srinagar region and Anant Ram and Jose Lepcha from the Jammu and Leh region, respectively.


Khan Chowdhury said that he, along with B P Kesri, would be the Mahasangh's central observers for the J&K polls. Bureau Report